封疆

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Chinese

to confer; to grant; to seal
to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)
 
border; boundary
simp. and trad.
(封疆)

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (1) (1) (28)
Final () (7) (7) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjowng pjowngH kjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨoŋ/ /pɨoŋH/ /kɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pioŋ/ /pioŋH/ /kiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pioŋ/ /pioŋH/ /kiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puawŋ/ /puawŋH/ /kɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/pioŋ/ /pioŋH/ /kiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭwoŋ/ /pĭwoŋH/ /kĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯woŋ/ /pi̯woŋH/ /ki̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēng fèng jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fung1 fung3 goeng1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fēng jiāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjowng › ‹ kjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*p(r)oŋ/ /*kaŋ/
English raise a mound; enfeoff boundary

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 3253 3259 6261
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*poŋ/ /*poŋs/ /*kaŋ/
Notes

Noun

封疆

  1. (literary) borders; dominion